When Greg Luzinski reported with an inflamed left eye. Ollie Brown stepped into the Phillies' lineup in left field and whacked a key triple in the third inning to beat the Mets, 3-1, before 63,283, the largest crowd in the major leagues so far this season. Brown came to bat after a single by Larry Bowa and double by Mike Schmidt and drove them home with his triple before scoring himself on a single by Garry Maddox.

Jim Lonborg gave up the Mets' run in the seventh on a walk to John Stearns and singles by Ed Kranepool and Lee Mazzilli. After John Milner doubled in the ninth, Ron Reed came in and gained his eighth save. [The Sporting News]

Philadelphia Phillies 3, New York Mets 1

Game Played on Monday, July 4, 1977 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 6 0 Phillies 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 x - 3 9 0 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Randle 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .310 Martin rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .270 Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .176 Bowa ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .271 Youngblood ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .204 Schmidt 3b 3 1 2 0 1 1 .283 Vail rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .311 Brown lf 4 1 3 2 0 0 .264 Milner 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .266 Hebner 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .307 Stearns c 2 1 0 0 2 1 .304 Johnson ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310 Kranepool lf 3 0 2 0 1 1 .286 Hutton ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Henderson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Maddox cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .267 Mazzilli cf 3 0 2 1 1 1 .232 Boone c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .268 Millan 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .216 Sizemore 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Lonborg p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .083 Myrick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Baldwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Valentine ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Koosman p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .163 Hodges ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Flynn 2b,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .189 Totals 31 1 6 1 4 5 Totals 30 3 9 3 2 4 Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 63,283 Left on Base: Mets 7, Phillies 5 DP: Mets 2, Phillies 2 Doubles: Milner (8), Schmidt (11) Triples: Brown (1) Caught Stealing: Schmidt (5) GIDP: Millan (6), Youngblood (3), Boone (3), Hutton (1) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Koosman L(6-9) 6 8 3 3 2 3 0 26 3.18 Myrick 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 2.50 Baldwin 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.82 Totals 8 9 3 3 2 4 0 32 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lonborg W(2-2) 8 6 1 1 3 3 0 31 3.99 Reed SV(8) 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 2.36 Totals 9 6 1 1 4 5 0 35 Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - John McSherry METS 1ST: Randle flied out to left; Harrelson struck out; Vail grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Martin walked; Bowa forced Martin (pitcher to shortstop); Schmidt walked [Bowa to second]; Brown grounded out (shortstop to first) [Bowa to third, Schmidt to second]; Hebner popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. METS 2ND: Milner flied out to center; Stearns walked; Kranepool singled to left [Stearns to second]; Mazzilli walked [Stearns to third, Kranepool to second]; Millan forced Stearns (third to catcher) [Kranepool to third, Mazzilli to second]; Koosman flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Maddox flied out to right; Boone singled to center; Sizemore forced Boone (pitcher to shortstop); Lonborg singled to center [Sizemore to second]; Martin struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. METS 3RD: Randle grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Vail grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa singled to center; Schmidt doubled to left [Bowa to third]; Brown tripled to right [Bowa scored, Schmidt scored]; Hebner struck out; Maddox singled to right [Brown scored]; Boone grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Maddox out at second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 3. METS 4TH: Milner grounded out (second to first); Stearns popped to third in foul territory; Kranepool struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 3. PHILLIES 4TH: Sizemore lined to third; Lonborg struck out; Martin flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 3. METS 5TH: Mazzilli singled to right; Millan grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Mazzilli out at second]; Koosman popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 3. PHILLIES 5TH: Bowa flied out to center; Schmidt singled to left; Schmidt was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Brown singled to center; Hebner grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 3. METS 6TH: Randle flied out to center; Harrelson flied out to right; Vail grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 3. PHILLIES 6TH: Maddox flied out to center; Boone grounded out (third to first); Sizemore grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 3. METS 7TH: Milner flied out to center; Stearns walked; Kranepool singled to right [Stearns to third]; Mazzilli singled to right [Stearns scored, Kranepool to second]; BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR MILLAN; Boisclair flied out to left; HODGES BATTED FOR KOOSMAN; Hodges lined to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 3. PHILLIES 7TH: MYRICK REPLACED BOISCLAIR (PITCHING); FLYNN REPLACED HODGES (PLAYING 2B); Lonborg grounded out (third to first); Martin grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 3. METS 8TH: Randle singled to left; YOUNGBLOOD BATTED FOR HARRELSON; Youngblood grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Randle out at second]; Vail was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 3. PHILLIES 8TH: YOUNGBLOOD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); FLYNN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Schmidt struck out; Brown singled to right; JOHNSON BATTED FOR HEBNER; BALDWIN REPLACED MYRICK (PITCHING); HUTTON BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Hutton grounded into a double play (second to first) [Brown out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 3. METS 9TH: HUTTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Milner doubled to center; REED REPLACED LONBORG (PITCHING); Stearns struck out; Kranepool walked; HENDERSON RAN FOR KRANEPOOL; Mazzilli struck out; VALENTINE BATTED FOR BALDWIN; Valentine flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 3.

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